Food stamps and the great society in Terry County
Collected opinion reflecting on welfare, fraud, and the shift to plastic ID cards for food stamp recipients. The author recalls a wallet line incident, argues work rewards over aid, and calls for reform to curb dependence and ensure accountability. No single individual event dominates. the piece blends personal anecdote with policy critique and social values.
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Great Society
Terry County
Pres
Lyndon Johnson
Texas
Rain Drenches Brownfield Area With Up To Three Inches
Early Tuesday rain dusted Brownfield and Terry County with about 1.03 inches in Brownfield, boosting June to 1.89 inches and the year to 8.55 inches. Reports from Wellman area ginners cited 0.8 to 2 inches over a 20 mile span. Sheriff reports listed seven water over roadway sections while Extension Agent Siders noted up to three inches in parts, with runoff and static electricity stressing cotton.
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Brownfield
Terry County
Earl Elrod
Southwest Cotton Growers Gin
Wellman
Terry Siders
Weekend storm drops eight inch hail in Meadow area
June 28 1995 a weekend storm dumped hail up to eight inches deep between Brownfield and Meadow affecting 10000 to 12000 acres. Kerry Siders described the 30 minute storm that whitened fields and delayed cotton, compounding earlier sand damage and stressing late crops.
Brownfield students tour historical European sites
Brownfield High School students and five adults toured Spain France and Italy on a 10 day trip funded by the students. The group visited Madrid Barcelona Monte Carlo Florence and Rome with a train ride Barcelona to Nice. Coordinated by Cultural Heritage Alliance the trip cost about 1850 per person and offered real world learning beyond textbooks.
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Brownfield High School
Daniel
Elvira Fonseca
Spain
Italy
France
Kristi Fonseca
Christina Perez
Liza Alejandro
Maelynn Locke
Sarah Briscoe
Sylvia Chavez
Shanna Wheatley
Aaron Briscoe
Jon Awbrey
Daniel Fonseca
Nancy Briscoe
Buddy Briscoe
Celia Franco
Alec Wiley
Johnny Medina
Kim Hardy
Mitch Ward
Brownfield
Europe
Vatican
Piza
el Prado Museum
Fonseca
Johnny le
Buddy
Lubbock International Airport
Dallas
Atlanta
Madrid
Barcelona
Monte Carlo
Monaco
Florence
Rome
Nice
Cultural Heritage Alliance
America
Meadow to Celebrate New Postal Facility Open House
Meadow hosts an open house for the new Post Office at 602 North Renfro with tours and refreshments. The facility has been in use since June 5, Postmaster Eugene Griffing says it is a proud upgrade for the town and invites residents to attend Thursday between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. and 1:30 to 3 p.m. for information contact 539-2315.
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Meadow
North Renfro
Eugene Griffing
Griffing
Scott Jackson
Chris McGowan
Terry County Department of Mental Health Office
Jackson
McGowan
Terry County Park
Texas Juvenile Probation Commission
Austin
Susan Pickett
Ryburn
Terry County Commissioners Discuss Land Purchase for WTCAC
The board moved to authorize County Attorney Dwayne Pruitt to approach landowner Don Horner about buying two acres along Bynum Lane to improve access to the West Texas Children’s Assessment Center. WTCAC plans, drawn by MWM/Kiug, target a 48 bed facility funded by 1.5 million in certificates of obligation.
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Terry County Commissioners
Dwayne Pruitt
West Texas Children's Assessment Center
Bynum Lane
Terry County
Doug Ryburn
WTCAC
Don Horner
Ryburn
Horner
MWM
Kiug
Department of Human Services
Terry
A Good Neighbor Mona Kile Brownfield Leader
Mona Kile Brownfield the program director of Core Council Services covers seven counties and travels to schools to provide information and counseling on preventing drug abuse. She treats alcoholism and drug addiction as diseases and stresses reaching youths before first use while noting marijuana is a drug. She is on call 24 hours and loves golf, enjoying Brownfield life.
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Brownfield
Mona Kile
Pearsall
Texas Tech
Core Council Services
Lubbock
Kile
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